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Six Feet Under
Originally Aired: April 13, 1950
Suspense #380, "Six Feet Under," finds carnival performer Jack Daly trapped in more ways than one. Ten hours a day, he lies buried alive in a coffin while paying customers stare down at him through a glass window, his survival dependent on an air pump that seems to beat in rhythm with his heart. Above ground, Jack drowns his misery in whiskey, haunted by the knowledge that he abandoned his dreams of a successful juggling act for this morbid spectacle. His beautiful wife Miriam seems increasingly distant, and Jack's suspicions grow darker when Cliff, a former…
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